Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emperor's new clothes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: em-per-or's new -clothes
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.

Example Sentences

"Marks & Spencer announced a 19% fall in annual profits on Tuesday."

Etymology

After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

Inflected Forms

the emperor's new clothes (canonical, plural)

Phrases

acknowledge the corn

Frequently Paired Words

acknowledge the corn paromologia paromology

Synonyms

elephant in the room

Questions

What does emperor's new clothes mean?: Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.
Where does emperor's new clothes come from?: After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

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